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Here are your local morning news headlines for Wednesday, May 26, 2021.

Event Description With the state budget behind us, lawmakers are set to act on their remaining priorities for the legislative session. These regional forums offer a chance to hear from legislators on their top policy priorities. We’ll touch on topics such as the ongoing response to COVID-19, curbing high prescription drug costs, retirement security, long term care reform, ways to make housing more affordable for an older population, and other pressing topics. Speakers New York State Senator, District 8 A lifelong resident of Long Island, John E. Brooks has devoted his life ...

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jwhittaker@post-journal.com New York businesses will be paying more into the state’s unemployment insurance fund in 2020 than they did in 2021. According to Bloomberg News, 2020 unemployment insurance tax rates ranged from 0.6% to 7.9%. This year, they will range from 2.1% to 9.9%, according to the state Labor Department website. The state took out a $4 billion loan from the federal government for unemployment in April 2020, and Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, R-Jamestown, noted the state budget includes $130 million for the unemployment program to help pay some of the interest on that loan....

jwhittaker@post-journal.com New York businesses will be paying more into the state’s unemployment insurance fund in 2020 than they did in 2021. According to Bloomberg News, 2020 unemployment insurance tax rates ranged from 0.6% to 7.9%. This year, they will range from 2.1% to 9.9%, according to the state Labor Department website. The state took out a $4 billion loan from the federal government for unemployment in April 2020, and Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, R-Jamestown, noted the state budget includes $130 million for the unemployment program to help pay some of the interest on that loan....